finally, a friggin shark.
 

3rd trip out is allways the charm.
got two blues today. my son kicked this ones butt on the spinning rod.



good 5 or 6 footer

little help from dad

the boy had fun, as did everyone else.

we tagged a solid 9 footer after this one. no spinnin' rod there.
gave us a good 1/2 hour run arround.
beautiful weather to boot.
mike:D









nice little 5-6 footer

and ohh yeah.
who's the dope that dropped bud8fan's custom spiral wrapped cod stick complete with a nice abu reel , filled with powerpro to the bottom in over 250':huh:
whoops:smash: i'm a dumbass!
i'm gettin' good at losing things over the side lately:tooth: :smash: :D

Congrats on the fish.....too bad about the rod.

-IWK

:cheers: :cheers: :claps: :claps:

That rod was ugly anyways, I was meaning to run it over with my truck.:laughs: Sucks to loose the real though.:af:

How do you get the hook out without loosing a hand?

Thanks for the bright side of loosing the combo Dave!!!!


Chef,

You dont get the hook out of that badboy! I was the one taking the picture and the pics dont do the size of that baby justice!
Your running along at about 5 mph with a fish of over 200#'s right along side. Mike had the leader in had and we just handed him the side cutters and he raised the sharks head slightly and cut the hook off. The larger shark we caught that day got a little spunky when I stuck it with the tag and we didnt have time to cut the hook off. The shark just lunged and the loop in the steel leader just broke in half. These creatures have amazing power when the want to.
Afterall a 30lb bass can pull right? Well think of how a fish with a tail(which generates most of their power) 3 times as large as a 30lb bass would pull?

IT was an amazing day out there and to top it off the last fish I caught before we headed in was the largest cod of the day at a bit over 15#'s. Only a few Haddock that day.......

Nice work with the shark!

:wiggle: :wiggle: :wiggle: :wiggle: :wiggle:

Glad to see the boy had fun!!!!!

wish my dad had a boat when i was that age :D nice job on the fish glad to see u guys had luck finally maybe i can go back now with gf's dad